I don't have a truck - just VW cars! I'm not sure I would be pleased to
find tyres developing cups - isn't that likely to be due to something wrong
in the front suspension? Over 50 years of ownership the only time I got
uneven wear was when I changed the Beetle from its original Michelin
cross-plies (about 55,000 miles and still 4mm tread left) to Pirelli CF67
radials (bias-ply), without setting the toe-in to zero. They wore a bit
more on the front outers. Easily sorted once I asked about it at the garage.
Front tyres on a Type 3 are more critical for directional stability and
braking - they more easily lock up than the more heavily loaded rears.
Replacing two at a time allows a single front to rear swap as the tread
wears, and the new ones go on the front. It works for me! YMMV of course.
Dave
VW Type 3&4 Club
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From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org]
On Behalf Of Daniel K. Du Vall
Sent: 10 July 2015 17:05
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] ANOTHER slipped belt!
I have always rotated my tires and a good example why is on my truck if they
are not rotated regularly the fronts develop cups and this is with a
completely properly functioning front suspension ext. I have found that
there are many opinions out there on tire rotation I say rotate them in a
way you know keeps the ware even front to back or cross pattern which ever.
On the Speedometer off issues I have only had one car in my life that was
correct that is my 99 Chevy I bought new it is spot on with gps and with
them road signs that tell you how fast your going granted they all are not
100% accurate but I figure matching two of them is a good sign. Now my golf
which I bought new has always been about 3 miles an hour off showing that
your going faster than you actually are and that is with factory tires. I
also found with tires you get what you pay for ;-)
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From: type3-vwtype3.org <type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org> on
behalf of Mike Fisher <fisherfarms at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2015 6:33 AM
To: T3 List
Subject: Re: [T3] ANOTHER slipped belt!
I have 2 of the 185X60 on the front of my square with 2 more for spares when
I need them. I have 205X70 on the rear. My speedometer reads about 4 mph
fast but I'm used to it & allow for it.
On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 4:02 AM, Dave Hall <dave at hallvw.clara.co.uk> wrote:
> When you divide the tyre cost by the miles of service life, I doubt
> it's more than one cent per mile for a set of 4. It's not like
> pouring money down the drain! Think how many cents a mile the fuel
> costs (currently about 9cts in Albany?).
>> I don't rotate tyres - the wear pattern front to rear is completely
> different. The rears wear flat across and the fronts more rounded,
> but the tyres have deeper tread on the shoulders. If the pressures are
> correct and the front-end geometry is correct, they wear evenly (on
> mine anyway). I've read that the tyre gets a sett in the rotation
> direction first fitted, and are better kept rolling in that direction,
> but that may be as much of a myth as the need to rotate tyres. The
> only advantage (if it is one) is you get to change all 4 at the same
> time. I prefer half the cost at a time!
> Currently I've some budget tyres on the rears (Maxxis) and genuine XZX
> on the front. Lower quality tyres seem to fail on the sidewalls
> before the tread wears out, anyway, so using them on the rear is no
hardship.
>>> Dave
> UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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